Mangaluru's Pilikula to get hippos, Asiatic lions

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 05 April 2015 | 22.33

MANGALURU: The Pilikula Nisargadhama is all set to welcome new guests to its sprawling zoo.

As part of the mutual exchange programme with the zoo authorities of Thiruvanathapuram, Chennai and Gujarat, the Pilikula Biological Park of Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisarghadhama will bring three hippos, two Asiatic lions, white peacocks and a few more birds. The fauna will arrive at Pilikula in a week or two.

H Jayaprakash Bhandary, director of the park, said, while Asiatic lions will be brought from Gujarat, hippopotamuses will arrive from Thiruvananthapuram and the park will get a pair of white peacocks from Chennai. Since there are no caretakers to look after Asiatic lions and hippos, the park will make arrangements to hire trained personnel, he said.

"The Pilikula Biological Park, which is spread in an area of 82 hectares, has a unique captive breeding centre for king cobra. In addition to this, the park also has several facilities for breeding of mouse deer and barking deer. To procure Asiatic lions, hippos, white peacock and other rare species from other zoos across India, we offer them king cobras, mouse deer, barking deer and other rare species. The process of exchange of animals and birds through Central Zoo Authority of India is on. We are waiting for the authorities' approval in this regard," Bhandary said, adding that there are plans to introduce more birds and also to construct more enclosures for birds in its aviary.

Over six lakh people visited Pilikula zoo in 2014. The park, which used to collect an average of Rs 60 lakh through gate fee in earlier, collected Rs 1.5 crore in 2014 till March 2015.

The park charges Rs 20 for students and Rs 50 for adults. "Special discounts are given to school students," he said.

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